"Where are they right now?" Ye Fan asked with a frown.
"They're heading this way." The servant replied.
"I understand. You can go and rest." Ye Fan said.
"Yes, young master. Be careful." The servant covered his face and left.
"Let's go and meet them." Ye Fan said as he stood up and walked out of the door. Fujiwara No Chiko followed closely behind with her sword case.
As soon as they stepped out of the door, they heard heavy footsteps. A large group of soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding long spears rushed over. When they saw Ye Fan and Fujiwara No Chiko, they immediately surrounded the couple. Seeing the heavy armor and long spears in these soldiers' hands, Ye Fan smiled bitterly. These weapons were all made by the Ye Clan. He didn't expect that they would be used to deal with the Ye Clan.
Following that, two people wearing official robes and official hats came in front of Ye Fan, accompanied by five or six other officials. Ye Fan recognized two of the five or six officials. They were the local magistrate and county magistrate. As for the other three, he didn't recognize them. As for the other two officials, one was wearing a purplish-red qilin robe, while the other was wearing a green official robe.
"Who are you?" One of the officials wearing the official robe shouted.
"Ye Kong's son, Ye Fan." Ye Fan said calmly.
"Where's Ye Kong?" The official in the official robe asked loudly.
"My father has some matters to attend to." Ye Fan replied.
After hearing Ye Fan's words, the two officials whispered a few words to each other. Then they turned around and took a roll of yellow silk from the tray of soldiers behind them. They shouted, "The imperial edict has arrived. The Ye Clan, receive the edict!"
After Ye Fan heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground. Fujiwara No Chiko was shocked. She stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
Ye Fan found it funny. She was really good at pretending.
He pulled Fujiwara No Chiko over. "Kneel down!" Fujiwara No Chiko pretended to regain her senses and knelt on the ground.
"By the will of the Heavens, the Emperor decrees," the official read, "The Ye family members have used their authority to forge military equipment to privately make money, forming cliques in the court for personal gain, deceiving the Emperor, and thus should be executed. Since the Ye family has performed meritorious deeds, Zhen will be lenient and exempt them from the death penalty. However, while he may be spared the death penalty, he cannot escape punishment. Have the local magistrates search the Ye Clan and confiscate all their belongings except for their residences and houses. Have Ye Chen removed from his position as the Ordnance Officer of the Ministry of War and demoted him to a commoner. In addition, take back all of his authority over the mines and ordnance.
"This commoner receives the imperial edict. Long live the Emperor!" Ye Fan said as he received the imperial edict with both hands.
"Come on," the official in the official's robe ordered, "Search!"
"Yes!" A person who looked like a commander replied as he waved his hand at the hundreds of soldiers behind him. "Search!"
Military orders were like mountains. After these soldiers received the order, they immediately rushed into the Ye Clan's houses like hungry wolves. They rummaged through the chests and cupboards, searching for anything valuable.
For a moment, the Ye Clan's courtyard was in chaos. Dozens of servants stood to the side in fear, not daring to breathe loudly. They were angry but did not dare to speak.
Fujiwara No Chiko continued to act. Her face was pale as she tightly gripped Ye Fan's arm. Ye Fan patted her hand, indicating for her not to worry.
"Daren," a young official behind the official in the official's robe cupped his hands and said, "The Ye Clan's pawnshop has a lot of rare treasures. Is it …" As he spoke, he raised his head to look at Ye Fan.
"Yes, yes, yes," the official in the official's robe immediately said, "If you didn't remind me, I would have forgotten. Take a group of soldiers and go search the pawnshop."
"Yes!" The young official revealed a smile and left the Ye Clan's residence with a group of soldiers to search the pawnshop.
"Dog relying on its master's power!" Ye Fan calmly scolded.
"What did you say?" The official in the official's robe heard Ye Fan's words and raised his eyebrows as he asked loudly.
"I said dog relying on its master's power," Ye Fan repeated.
"You dare to insult an official of the court?" The official in the official's robe was furious.
"Daren," Ye Fan said with a smile, "When did I insult you?"
"Then who did you insult?" the official in the official's robe asked loudly.
"I insulted my family's dog," Ye Fan said with a smile, "Normally, when the Ye Clan has power and influence, it wags its tail and flatters the Ye Clan. When the Ye Clan is in trouble, it doesn't recognize its own family. There's no other way. A dog is a dog. It's born to eat shit! Daren, am I right? "
"You …" The official in the official's robe was so angry that he couldn't say a word.
At this time, the soldiers that had rushed into the Ye Clan's residence all came back. Each of them was carrying basins full of treasures. Some were carrying a pair of vases, some were carrying antique jade objects, some were carrying a chest of ingots, and some were even carrying antique furniture. Ye Fan didn't move all of the property away. That would be easy to arouse suspicion, so he left some things for them.
"Daren," The commander bowed to the official in the official's robe, "Other than the antique furniture, the rest of the property is here. This humble one has done a rough count. It's worth about three hundred thousand taels of silver."
"Good!" The official in the official's robe smiled and said, "Carry them all away. Don't leave a single one behind."
"Yes!" The commander waved his hand at the soldiers, "Carry them all away. Don't leave a single one behind."
The soldiers immediately carried the gold and silver treasures out of the door in a flurry. At this time, the group of people that had raided the pawnshop also came back. None of them were empty-handed. There was a dazzling array of antiques, each of them worth a lot.
"Reporting to Daren," The young official said, "The pawnshop has been raided. There were more than two hundred antiques stolen. Each one is worth at least ten thousand taels of silver."
"Good! Good! Hahaha … … "The official in the official's robe was grinning from ear to ear. He hurriedly waved his hand," Carry them away, carry them away. "
"Daren," The young official moved his head close to the official's ear, "There were more than three hundred antiques in total. I specially chose more than one hundred that Daren liked. I already had someone send them to the residence."
"Mm," The official in the official's robe nodded with a smile, "Well done."
"Daren, please give me more advice in the future." The young official had a lowly expression.
Other people couldn't hear what he said, but it couldn't escape Ye Fan's ears. Ye Fan had heard everything clearly. He was expressionless on the surface, but in his heart, he hated these corrupt officials to the core. If it wasn't for his father Ye Kong's instructions in the letter, Ye Fan would have long had the heads of these corrupt officials fall to the ground.
"Daren," The young official then moved his ear close to the official's ear and whispered a few words.
"Sword style?" The official in the official's robe asked with confusion, "What sword style?"
"Daren, Ethereal Sword Style." The young official said in a small voice, "It is rumored that Ye Kong was once taught a sword style by a strange person called the Ethereal Sword Style. According to what this humble official knows, Prime Minister Chen is best at ancient sword styles. If Daren obtains this sword style and gives it to Prime Minister Chen, then wouldn't Daren have done a great service? In the future, wouldn't you be able to handle a butcher's cleaver with ease in court? "
Just as he spoke of the Ethereal Sword Style, Ye Fan clearly saw the eyes of the other official next to the official in the official's robe light up. Then, in an instant, they returned to normal. From his official robes, this person's position was about the same as the official in the official's robe. However, after this person entered the Ye Residence, other than whispering in the official's ear, he hadn't heard the official say anything else and had been watching coldly from the side.
"This …" The official in the official's robe narrowed his eyes and stroked his beard. He said in a small voice to the young official, "The emperor's decree is to search the residence, but he didn't order anything else. This is not easy to do."
"Daren, you are really muddle-headed," the young official said. "Since the family doesn't have it, it must be on them." As he spoke, he looked at the expressionless Ye Fan. "This person is Ye Kong's only son. The sword style must be on him. Daren, why don't you order people to search them? The things on them are also the property of the Ye Family. Don't you think so, Daren? "
"Reasonable." The official in the official's robe stroked his beard as he said, "Do as you say. Search them."
"Yes, Daren." The young official smiled and raised his hands in a bow.
After he finished speaking, he walked with several soldiers in front of Ye Fan and his wife.
"Come," the young official said arrogantly, "search them."
"Yes." Several soldiers immediately surrounded Ye Fan and his wife, preparing to search them.
At this moment, Ye Fan's murderous intent had risen. In fact, when the young official had mentioned the Void Spirit Sword Technique, he had already decided to kill this despicable man. Now that he had delivered himself to his doorstep, how could he let him go?
"I want to see which one of you isn't afraid of death," Ye Fan said coldly as he looked around.
As soon as he said this, the soldiers stopped in their tracks. They looked at each other, not daring to move forward. They all knew that the members of the Ye Family all had great skills and were not to be trifled with.
"You dare to defy the decree?" the young official shouted loudly.
"Defy the decree? Hmph, "Ye Fan sneered," The decree said to search the residence, not the body. The ones who are defying the decree are you. What, you also want to curry favor with Prime Minister Chen? "
The young official froze when he heard this. He hadn't expected that the young person in front of him would see through his intentions. He flew into a rage out of humiliation and shouted loudly, "How dare you slander an official of the imperial court. Take him down!"
When the soldiers heard this order, they steeled their hearts and directly charged at Ye Fan.
Ye Fan sneered and used his movement technique. A shadow flashed in front of the soldiers and those soldiers fell to the ground dead without even making a sound. Ye Fan didn't use the Snake Shadow Sword. Instead, he used his Imperial Spirit Energy in the palm of his hand and quickly used his Imperial Spirit Energy to strike the soldiers' chests. He directly used his Imperial Spirit Energy to break their heart meridians.
The young official was shocked when he saw this. He had never seen such a strange thing in his life. The scene in front of him left him flabbergasted. He was so scared that he almost wet his pants. He hurriedly turned around and ran.
However, it was too late. Ye Fan, who was three meters away from him, stretched out his hand. His palm turned into a claw and an invisible Imperial Spirit Energy rushed out from his palm, heading straight for the young official. Before the young official could completely turn around, he felt a huge suction force coming from behind him. Before he could understand what was going on, his body was sucked into the air by this suction force and flew backwards.
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